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Apophis
Set: Pirates of the Epic Seas
Release: Halloween 2026 (October 2026 Mega Pack)
Collector’s Number: 003
Nationality: The Cursed
Point Cost: 15
Masts: 4
Cargo: 3
Base Move: L
Cannons: 3L-2L-2L-1S
Ability: Sea Monster. Once per round of turns, eliminate one cargo from a ship or fort within L of this sea creature (you choose what the cargo i…[Read more]

Lerna
Set: Pirates of the Epic Seas
Release: Halloween 2026 (October 2026 Mega Pack)
Collector’s Number: 002
Nationality: The Cursed
Point Cost: 18
Masts: 6
Cargo: 1
Base Move: S+L
Cannons: 5S-4S-3S-4S-5S-3S
Ability: Sea Monster. Hydra. Fear. At the beginning of each of your turns, eliminate one crew from a ship within S of this sea c…[Read more]

Call of the Sea
Set: Pirates of the Epic Seas
Release: Halloween 2026 (October 2026 Mega Pack)
Collector’s Number: 001
Nationality: The Cursed
Point Cost: 27
Masts: 5
Cargo: 3
Base Move: S+S
Cannons: 2L-4S-3L-4S-2L
Ability: When you give this ship a move action and can draw a straight line (that does not cross a game piece, terrain, or islands) f…[Read more]

The 2026 Battle Report for VASSAL Campaign Game 4 is here!

Massive Coordinated Joint Strike Decimates one of the Major Fleets! CG4 turn of 2026

Finally made another edit to the All-Time Records post, now that another insane CG4 turn is coming to a close.

All Time Records – Staggering Stats from Pirates CSG

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Full 5+ hour session on VASSAL when my Pirates attacked Xerecs’ Conglomerate in CG4:

TLDW version with details will be in the full BR, coming as soon as October!

Various new historical game pieces come to life!

Golden Age of Piracy: Part 2 – Pirates CSG Mega Pack for September 2026

Giles Shelley
Set: Pirates of the Age of Sail
Release: Golden Age of Piracy: Part 2 (GAOP2) (September 2026 Mega Pack)
Collector’s Number: 109
Nationality: Pirate
Point Cost: 5
Ability: Merchant. One of this ship’s treasures is worth +1 gold when she docks at your home island.
Link: Nassau

Flavor text: From New York to Sainte-Marie, his v…[Read more]

Robert Culliford
Set: Pirates of the Age of Sail
Release: Golden Age of Piracy: Part 2 (GAOP2) (September 2026 Mega Pack)
Collector’s Number: 106
Nationality: Pirate
Point Cost: 5
Ability: This ship gets +1 cargo spaces. This crew takes up no cargo space. This crew cannot be captured by abilities. If this ship is towed, place this crew on the n…[Read more]

Seaflower
Set: Pirates of the Age of Sail
Release: Golden Age of Piracy: Part 2 (GAOP2) (September 2026 Mega Pack)
Collector’s Number: 104
Nationality: Pirate
Point Cost: 4
Masts: 1
Cargo: 2
Base Move: S+S
Cannons: 5S
Ability: Crew placed on this ship cost no points towards this ship’s point cost, but they always each take up one cargo space; t…[Read more]

Amity
Set: Pirates of the Age of Sail
Release: Golden Age of Piracy: Part 2 (GAOP2) (September 2026 Mega Pack)
Collector’s Number: 103
Nationality: Pirate
Point Cost: 9
Masts: 1
Cargo: 3
Base Move: S+S+S
Cannons: 2S
Ability: This ship may repair at sea or at any island. This ship ignores terrain when she is given a move action.
Link: Thomas Tew, J…[Read more]

Susanna
Set: Pirates of the Age of Sail
Release: Golden Age of Piracy: Part 2 (GAOP2) (September 2026 Mega Pack)
Collector’s Number: 102 (Lord Horatio Nelson is #101 due to my numbering scheme for the Age of Sail set changing in 2025)
Nationality: Pirate
Point Cost: 5
Masts: 2
Cargo: 4
Base Move: S+S
Cannons: 4L-4S
Ability: This ship gets -1 to h…[Read more]

Pearl
Set: Pirates of the Age of Sail
Release: Golden Age of Piracy: Part 2 (GAOP2) (September 2026 Mega Pack)
Collector’s Number: 100
Nationality: Pirate
Point Cost: 7
Masts: 2
Cargo: 4
Base Move: S+L
Cannons: 3S-3S
Ability: Filching Gold.
Link: William May

Flavor text: After New York Governor Jacob Leisler was executed for treason against the c…[Read more]